Combination garment



July 30, 1935. s. D. Kps 2,009,891

COMBINATION GARMENT I Filed June 27, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. 944 40,9 BY

July so, 1935. i s. D. KOPS 2,009,891

I COMBINATION GARMENT Filed June 27, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

Patented July 30, l935 I i 11%; I

- 2,009,891 J A f -COMBINATION GARMENT Stanley D. Kop s, NewYork, N. Y.', assignor to Kops Brothers, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation ofNewYork' Application. June 27, 1934, Serial No. 732,563,".

7 .6 Claims. (o1. -sc) I v v This invention has for its object the provision tion It] by stitching along l n s (Fi 2). When, of a garment comprising improved means for the garment is relaxed and off'the body the nonsupporting and styling the figure, and particularelastic bust-pocket material should be of somely the bust. Another object is the pro-vision'of what greater, area, between the V-stitching I6, 5 means whereby the garment may be donned with n the ov rlyin e1 s icma i 1- hi will. -5

facility, yet will provide firm and adequatesupallowa desired stretching of the elastic matet when in oth am -th bjects d rial directlybeneath the bust as the garment is advantages will appear from'the detailed descrip Worn, eby producing an uplift Eff-601;, as W be 7 tion which follows together with t accompanylaterexplained. Furthermore, as a result of this 10 mg drawings in which: 1 construction, since the pockets II do not restrict 1o 1 is a perspective View f the improve the elasticity of the adjacent ,or overlying parts garment in place upon its wearer; v of the body'portion the garment may be readily Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the improved gar- Slipped ov r h y, and wi l sp th dy ment; v l in a firm but yielding manner. Fig.3 is a rear elevation of the improved gar- In Order to increase the firmness of the PQ e afiorded, the body portio I0 is preferably Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4-4 of t d by removing a small V-shaped p e e im- 2, and mediately. beneath each pocket I I, the edges then Fig 5 is a detailed View showing the attack being stitched together as at I? (Fig. 2). Also, if me'nt of one of the bust pockets desired, an elastic band I9 may be inserted in In the embodiment illustrated, the improved the i e edge. 0f the a ection of the body garment of the present invention is formed with P01131011 extending tw the Outer corners a body portion I9, preferably made of elastic ma- T the espectiYe Be e t s thus increasing e terial which is stretchable both horizontally and firmness t Support afforded by the n vertically, and pockets H, which receive and T n I9 is preferably simply anchored at 25: support the breasts of the wearer. The pockets lts ends and is 1095613 held Within P c et II are formed of net or other suitable material, rm by a m provided along ge l8. and are attached to the inner side of the body 7 t s w in Figure a Series Of. nonportion In in a novelmanner hereinafter elastic tapes 2b are preferably provided inside of scribed. Shoulder straps. I2 are attached at one thgjront portion of P t these being I, end, by stitching, to the upper extremities of the g mer at then d by the es of Stitchrespective pockets II and, at their opposite ends, m T t e y be slightly longer than to the rear section of the body portion III at its the 1339111011 me, elastlc m r ch they upper edge or b'ackline (Fig. 3). If desired, hose Wa h the latter not Stretched so t? supporters I3 may be provided, as shown.w I a m d amount, f h b w h t In prior garments of the present class it has pockets a be'permltted- Thls e the lbeen usual to affix the breast-supportingpockets @mmodatmn of the garment t comfortlo to the body portion, by stitching, along the upper i e n l r V V edge of the body portion, as, for instance, along It W111 be apparent from the f g ng descrlpthe arcs I 4, Fig. 2. Since the pockets are usually non that when garment 18 n p ace upon 40 of inelastic material, such as net or lace, the efthe wearer thatportwn of the body jmmediaiwly feet of attaching them in this manner is to debelow the bust 15 firmly confinedby the elastic material of the body portion In and the result stroy or mterfere with the elasticity of the adJacent parts of the body portion, with the result of the Inward pressure upon the body Over the area covered by the portions I5 of the ockets r ttlat the garment 1s d1fi iC u1t to put and II which underlie the elastic material, 3.151 par- 40 Vldes a more less ngld sueport If n for ticularly the pressure along the arcs I4, will be t e bust, rather than an elastlc Support- Also) to support and raise the breasts and cause them in stretching the body material in donning the to project outwardly t t t The ar t user is likely to rip the Stitching lift effect will be assisted to a certain extent by 50 joining the pockets to the body. the shoulder straps I2, which may be under some In order to obviate these disadvantages, the tension transmitted from the elastic material to pockets of the present garment are formed with which they are joined at the back. downwardly extending v-shaped portions I5 It is not necessary to have the pocket mate- (Figs, 3, 4), which are joined to the body porrial free of the elastic material along the entire 55 arcs M. The important thing is to allow a certain freedom of stretch to the lower portions of these arcs which are nearly horizontal and it is in fact preferable to stitch the pockets directly to the upper, inner portions of the arcs by means of stitching 2|. This better enables the maintenance oi the proper shape of the garment and the desired relation between the bust pockets and elastic fabric when the garment is either on or 01f the figure. A cross line of stitching 22 may conveniently be provided from the lower end of the stitching 2| outwardly to the line of stitching [6. At each side of the garmentthe same effect may be produced by terminating the line of stitching 16 as shown in Fig. 1 and joining the end of it by a cross line 23 with stitching 24 which then continues along the upper part of the are 14. In this way the pockets will be free of the upper edge of the elastic material only along the portions of the arcs I4 between the lines 22 and 23. I

An advantage of the present invention in connection with the uplift effect is the adaptability of the garment to busts of diiierent sizes. The construction is normally such that the arcs [4 when unstretched would fall across the busts rather than beneath them. It is, therefore, necessary, in applying the garment to the figure, to slightly stretch the arcs l4 and place them under tension beneath the curves of the busts. In this way the pockets are adapted to receive busts of different sizes and in all cases the tension along the arcs l4, when'the latter are depressed beneath the busts, tends to lift the busts and causes them to extend outwardly from the body. Furthermore, as stated before, the shoulder straps assist in producing the uplift effect but at the same time no objectionable pull is imparted directly to the busts as the shoulders are moved. This is due to the fact that the pull of the straps is not transmitted directly through the non-elastic pocket material to the arcs I 4 but is simply transmitted to the body material along the lines l6 and the pull is thus absorbed by the elastic material directly beneath the busts.

It will be understood that the terms employed in the foregoing specification are terms of description and not of limitation, and many departures from the present disclosure may be made within the scope of this invention. While it is preferred to form the garment substantially entirely of two-way stretch material, except for the bust pockets, other portions of the garment may, if desired, also be formed of non-elastic or oneeway stretch elastic material. Just below the busts, however, there should always be an elastic section to which the non-elastic bust pocket is attached and which it partially under lies.

What I claim is:

1. A garment comprising an elastic member having its upper edge extending directly beneath the busts of the wearer, breast-supporting pockets provided with approximately v-shaped portions extending downwardly beyond the upper edge of said elastic member and attached to said elastic member along the edges of said V-shaped portions and shoulder straps connecting said pockets and the back of said garment.

2. A garment comprising an elastic member provided at its upper extremity with arcuate edges approximately the curvature of the bust, breast-supporting pockets having portions extending downwardly beyond said arcuate edges and attached along their mid-sections to said elastic member below said arcuate edges, and shoulder straps connecting said pockets and the back of said garment.

3. A garment comprising an elastic member provided at its upper extremity with arcuate edges approximating the curvature of the bust, breastsupporting pockets provided with approximately V-shaped portions extending downwardly beyond said arcuate edges and attached to said elastic member along the edges of said V-shaped portions, and shoulder straps connecting said pockets and the back of said arment.

4. In a garment of the class described, an elastic member adapted to encircle the body and having a portion extending directly below the bust, and breast-supporting pockets having approximately V-shaped portions extending downwardly and underlying said elastic member and attached to said elastic member along the edges of said V-shaped portions.

5. A garment comprising a body portion of elastic material provided at its upper end with arcuate edges approximating the curvature of the bust, breast supporting pockets having approximately V-shaped portions extending downwardly beyond said arcuate edges and attached to said body portion along the edges of said V- shaped portions, and shoulder straps connecting said pockets and the back of said body portion.

6. A garment comprising a body portion of two-way elastic material extending directly below the busts of the wearer, breast supporting pockets having portions extending downwardly and underlying said body portion, said pockets being attached by stitching to said body portion adjacent the edges of the mid-sections of said downwardly extending portions, the area of said portions within the stitching being greater than that of the overlying body portion when the latter is unstretched.

STANLEY D. KOPS. 

